The latest addition

‘Women of the Dark Ages’ is to be joined by its newest member very soon! ‘God’s Maidservant’ will be available on Amazon, initially just in eBook format, with a paperback to follow in the new year. It’s all looking good for a 16th December 2017 release date!

Hooray!

And, double hooray – Otto is back! [image error]But it is a different Otto from the one we met in The Saxon Marriage. It’s an Otto who has lost the two great stabilising influences on his life. His old friend, ally and faithful advisor, Duke Hermann of Swabia has died. And even worse than that, he’s lost his beloved Eadgyth.

What will this mean for his children, brothers and all the other characters of ‘The Saxon Marriage’? But most of all, what will this mean for Adelheid, the young Italian widow when she seeks Otto’s aid?

Tissues at the ready – It’s God’s Maidservant

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As a daughter of the King of Burgundy, Adelheid’s destiny has been decided at the age of two. She will marry the son of her father’s rival, the King of Italy, taking her place one day as its queen.

As Adelheid grows up, she dreads her impending marriage, longing instead for a life of contemplation and devotion in an abbey. But aware it is her duty, she and Lothair, the King of Italy are wed.

The marriage is as unhappy as it is brief, their lives dominated by Berengar, the true ruler of Italy and his vicious wife, Willa. Widowed young, Adelheid hopes she can at last take up the religious life she has always dreamed of.

But Tenth Century Italy proves to be a treacherous land for the beautiful young queen. Berengar, now the King of Italy, is jealous of Adelheid’s popularity with the people. He plots to marry her to his own son, the odious Adalbert and he will not take no for an answer.

Only one man can help – Otto, the King of Germany and the most powerful man in Christendom. But Otto’s help will come at a price. A widower, whose heart lies in the grave with his beloved wife, he demands Adelheid’s lands and her beauty for his own…

 

Like all the books in the ‘Women of the Dark Ages’ series, this is a standalone novel. But to discover the early years of Otto’s reign, to meet the younger versions of some of the characters of ‘God’s Maidservant’ and to hear the tale of the woman whose memory haunts the pages,[image error] The Saxon Marriage is available on Amazon in eBook and paperback.

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